Frame 8 bug

[Fred Ridder]

What about the time/date of the .lck files? Are they left over from a previous crash? Or are they current? If they are not current, delete them and see if you still get a crash when you attempt a book-level operation. Otherwise, they can cause the same kind of problem as a missing fonts message or an unresolved cross-reference message. The issue is that *any* dialog that you get when opening an individual file causes a problem when you attempt a book-level operation because it blocks FrameMaker from successfully performing a "silent open" of the file to scan or modify it. Remember that most operations you perform at the book level actually make changes that are written into all the chapter files, whether it's just updated numbering values or different conditional text settings.

-Fred Ridder
 
> From: gflato at nanometrics.com
> To: Syed.Hosain at aeris.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 12:21:29 -0700
> Subject: RE: Frame 8 bug
> 
> Actually, the bug is now happening when I click View > Show/Hide conditional text on the book level. And when I look in Explorer, two lck files are there for chapter files which are not open.
> 
> Thank you,
>  
> 
> Gillian Flato
> Technical Writer (Software)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) [mailto:Syed.Hosain at aeris.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:14 AM
> To: Flato, Gillian; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Frame 8 bug
> 
> The .lck file is created *every* time any file - book or .fm - is opened by FrameMaker.
> 
> This is to prevent multiple simultaneous opens of the same file from different sessions of FrameMaker (local or on the network) by you or others.
> 
> They should not *normally* cause FrameMaker to crash ... just prevent the file from being opened again.
> 
> Are you using these files on a network? If so, it is possible that they get left behind inadvertently when the file is closed and appear to cause problems.
> 
> Generally speaking, if you know that you are the only person opening the file, you can delete the .lck files and proceed without concern.
> 
> Or ... am I misinterpreting what you mean by "cause Frame to crash"?
> 
> Z
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Flato, Gillian
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:06 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Frame 8 bug
> 
> I am using Frame 8p277 XP version
> 
> Many times when I have a book file open, I change my conditions globally, and then update my book. Randomly, Frame seems to create *.lck files, and these lck files cause Frame to crash. Anyone know a solution to this problem?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 
> Gillian Flato
> Technical Writer (Software)
> nanometrics
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> Milpitas, CA. 95035
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